I've been watching since the start, but let me tell you to be careful with adapter cables. I had a below-desk secondary rig I temporarily used a molex-to-8 pin adapter for an RX 570, good thing It was an open-bench style because whilst at idle that adapter caught on FIRE, thankfully I was right there and paying attention and no further damages to that rig...the moral to the story is: just because you CAN...doesn't always mean you SHOULD, love your stuff brother...be SAFE.
Very true. I'm usually pretty careful... or at least watchful when I'm not careful 🙂. These adapters don't seem quite as iffy because they are mostly going from more power to less, whereas something like SATA or Molex to 8pin tries to pull more power than it can. That being said, you are absolutely right, messing with any kind of power adapters at all does require caution.
Many Dell workstations have a proprietary power supply shape that slides in a slot on the back and connects with a card interface. These workstations have no place to put a regular PC power supply in. But these systems usually have some decent GPU power connectors. My Precision 5820 runs a RTX 3070 no problems.
I used one of those adapter cables to case swap a Prodesk 600 G1 a few months ago. I did, however, decide against the SATA to 6 pin adapter and just bought a used 460w psu (previously used a 350w) to power the mighty gtx 960 within
Nice, that's probably the way to go. I've seen people use the SATA or Molex to 6pin, but those ones always worried me. Even when they technically should have enough power like dual SATA to single 6pin, the way the OEM PCs are manufactured, you never know if they are actually carrying as much power as they should be. On top of that you have to worry about the quality of the adapter itself. I think you made the right choice.
@@LowcastleTech The funny thing is, it was "stable" in that it didn't crash under full GPU load, still don't trust it though. Anyway, love these videos! Somehow cheap office pcs manage to be much more interesting than the latest enthusiast parts despite their much more humble origins. I may have to setup my own ChairDesk for the $28 lenovo pc I bought a few days ago.
@@rlcyphr8529 Thank you for that, and I appreciate you watching! I'm with you on the older cheap PCs, they are definitely interesting. And it's hard to beat a $28 computer, sounds pretty sweet 🙂
A couple years ago I threw out a core i5 HP pc because it crapped out. I figured it was the motherboard or power supply. When I checked it had those weird power plugs. I assumed a power supply was unobtanium and stripped the computer of useful parts and tossed the rest. I wish I had known about these adapter plugs then. It never occurred to me that anyone would make adapters for proprietary machines like these.
I see a Z240 SFF with that i7-6700 in a local store, but the pricing is a nightmare. I think at this rate, for 1080p gaming, a 1660 Super could be a solid solution while also having a smaller TDP than the 1070/1080, going from 150/180W to just 125, while still being a solid card. But of course, using Chairdesk is the best way
I've never had a chance to try it myself, but have heard good things about the 1660. And you're absolutely right, when it comes to Chairdesk, nothing else quite compares 🙂
Have you had any reliability issues with the adapter? Not like fire or anything, I'm just curious if they have presented a problem for you at all. I may have a need for an adapter like that for an HP that I have. The wall mounted PC reminds me of a system Daren Kitchen of Hak5 did a few years back, He basically put a computer into a beefy picture frame.
So far nothing bad in terms of reliability or serious issues. One thing I did notice with the Dell adapter specifically is that the PSU fan seems to be idling when the system is off instead of completely shutting down. I don't know if it is the adapter, or the combination of adapter and the unrated weird flex PSU that I used. The HP adapter doesn't seem to have that problem from what I've seen so far. Aside from that, they generally seem fine, but it's always good to use a bit of caution just like with anything else. Also, that is pretty cool, haven't seen a build like that before, but definitely sounds interesting.
